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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
Paul J. Zombo, Cocoa, FL (US);
Vinay Jonnalagadda, Orlando, FL (US);
Erwan Baleine, Orlando, FL (US);
Paul J. Zombo, Cocoa, FL (US);
Vinay Jonnalagadda, Orlando, FL (US);
Erwan Baleine, Orlando, FL (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
An imaging system for on-line imaging of a component in a gas turbine engine. The imaging system includes a flexible imaging bundle formed by a plurality of optical elements. An imaging end of the optical elements images a component in a hot gas path of the engine during operation of the engine and a viewing end provides an image of the component at a location displaced from the hot gas path. The optical elements are surrounded by a flexible metal sheath that is permeable to air to provide cooling air the optical elements from an air source surrounding the flexible imaging bundle.